1918 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 86-68
Finish: 3rd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 651
Runs Allowed: 548
Exp W-L: 89-65
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,993,943
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-74, 6th in the American League
AA: 62-69, 6th in the American League
A: 77-54, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Chick Gandil 31 135 585 88 178 22 6 1 42 72 21 34 28 .304 .348 .368 .716 80.0 20.4 1.8
SS *John Henry Lloyd 34 140 521 84 169 31 13 2 73 74 26 84 16 .324 .416 .445 .862 98.1 28.8 6.2
CF  Jack Burnett 28 138 535 85 151 33 11 2 77 39 18 57 7 .282 .352 .396 .748 73.5 18.0 3.6
RF *Steve Evans 33 135 533 74 143 19 4 2 49 7 6 38 80 .268 .329 .330 .660 58.5 11.9 2.3
2B #Lee Magee 29 136 505 71 140 18 15 2 80 28 20 64 22 .277 .358 .384 .742 66.6 15.0 3.5
LF  Howie Shanks 27 140 525 61 146 23 4 1 62 33 15 40 29 .278 .331 .343 .674 56.8 11.3 2.6
C  Frank Owens 32 121 429 37 117 17 4 4 61 0 1 31 43 .273 .319 .359 .678 48.4 9.9 8.2
3B *Chet Chadbourne 33 92 329 39 101 12 3 1 50 3 2 41 11 .307 .380 .371 .751 45.6 11.0 3.9
3B #Buck Weaver 27 65 182 12 35 9 2 0 21 5 1 4 20 .192 .220 .264 .484 9.1 0.0 1.5
3B  Paddy Baumann 32 42 145 17 37 5 1 0 19 3 4 10 11 .255 .303 .303 .607 12.1 1.6 1.4
CF *Burt Shotton 33 43 135 16 33 2 0 0 10 15 9 22 26 .244 .354 .259 .614 14.8 2.5 0.6
P *Ray Caldwell 30 42 141 4 20 3 0 0 12 0 0 4 52 .142 .164 .163 .328 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Chief Bender 34 42 128 10 18 1 0 0 9 1 0 1 24 .141 .154 .148 .302 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Verne Clemons 26 36 116 11 28 4 1 0 11 0 0 10 10 .241 .302 .293 .595 10.0 1.5 2.3
1B *Butch Schmidt 31 41 104 15 26 2 1 1 8 0 0 8 11 .250 .301 .317 .618 10.7 1.8 0.3
2B  Clyde Engle 34 41 94 19 26 7 2 1 11 11 4 14 15 .277 .373 .426 .798 16.5 4.5 0.5
P  Ernie Groth 33 26 82 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 36 .085 .107 .098 .205 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Lafitte 32 24 65 2 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 30 .154 .203 .154 .357 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Rube Benton 31 20 57 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .088 .103 .105 .209 -1.6 0.0 0.0
LF *Sam Crawford 38 15 40 0 6 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 11 .150 .190 .175 .365 1.0 0.0 0.3
P  Larry Cheney 32 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Cy Falkenberg 37 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Bill James 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jakie May 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1502 5259 651 1396 211 67 17 609 292 127 471 503 .265 .328 .341 .669 599.6 138.2 38.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 2 3 2 4 7 2 1 7 3 3 2 2 3 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ray Caldwell 30 25 17 .595 42 42 0 376.7 316 91 1 55 207 2.17 31.3
 Chief Bender 34 20 19 .513 42 42 0 366.0 365 140 5 86 112 3.44 13.8
 Ernie Groth 33 16 8 .667 26 26 0 231.3 198 68 7 61 97 2.65 15.2
 Ed Lafitte 32 12 9 .571 24 23 0 190.0 181 65 4 69 56 3.08 10.2
*Rube Benton 31 8 11 .421 20 20 0 168.3 157 67 2 72 95 3.58 4.8
 Larry Cheney 32 3 2 .600 16 1 1 28.0 30 11 2 4 8 3.54 1.7
*Lave Winham 36 2 2 .500 15 0 7 16.0 17 6 0 11 5 3.38 1.5
*Jakie May 22 0 0 .000 7 0 2 7.7 1 0 0 2 2 0.00 2.1
 Cy Falkenberg 37 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.3 6 3 0 1 2 5.07 0.0
 Bill James 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 4 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 31.8 86 68 .558 197 154 10 1392.0 1275 451 21 362 584 2.92 80.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 34.4
F.Owens 1085.3 120 121 478 104 4 0 .993 40.4
V.Clemons 306.7 34 35 133 28 2 1 .988 40.0
Team Total 1392.0 154 156 611 132 6 1 .992 40.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
C.Gandil 1206.3 133 133 1640 123 20 133 .989 13.15
B.Schmidt 184.7 21 21 277 22 1 20 .997 14.57
J.Lloyd 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1392.0 154 155 1920 145 21 153 .990 13.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.40
L.Magee 1223.0 136 136 303 571 38 101 .958 6.43
C.Engle 169.0 18 20 46 75 7 14 .945 6.44
Team Total 1392.0 154 156 349 646 45 115 .957 6.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.94
C.Chadbourne 812.0 89 91 52 220 8 11 .971 3.01
P.Baumann 351.0 40 40 17 81 3 7 .970 2.51
B.Weaver 221.0 25 27 11 60 9 6 .888 2.89
C.Engle 8.0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1392.0 154 163 80 364 20 24 .957 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.68
J.Lloyd 1227.0 136 136 214 594 33 97 .961 5.93
B.Weaver 165.0 18 19 33 65 1 13 .990 5.35
Team Total 1392.0 154 155 247 659 34 110 .964 5.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.84
H.Shanks 1265.0 140 140 239 5 9 2 .964 1.74
S.Crawford 88.0 10 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Shotton 28.0 3 4 3 0 2 0 .600 0.96
C.Engle 10.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Evans 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1392.0 154 157 266 5 11 2 .961 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.42
J.Burnett 1252.0 138 138 284 17 11 0 .965 2.16
B.Shotton 122.0 14 14 25 0 1 0 .962 1.84
C.Engle 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1392.0 154 154 312 17 12 0 .965 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 1.92
S.Evans 1184.7 131 132 228 4 15 1 .939 1.76
B.Shotton 198.3 22 24 37 2 5 2 .886 1.77
P.Baumann 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1392.0 154 157 266 6 20 3 .932 1.76
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.55
R.Caldwell 376.7 42 42 34 85 4 8 .967 2.84
C.Bender 366.0 42 42 21 75 8 4 .923 2.36
E.Groth 231.3 26 26 23 43 1 3 .985 2.57
E.Lafitte 190.0 23 24 11 50 1 4 .984 2.89
R.Benton 168.3 20 20 9 46 1 6 .982 2.94
L.Cheney 28.0 1 16 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Winham 16.0 0 15 1 2 0 2 1.000 1.69
J.May 7.7 0 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.87
C.Falkenberg 5.3 0 3 1 2 1 0 .750 5.07
B.James 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1392.0 154 197 106 311 16 28 .963 2.70
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lloyd .324
On-Base Pct Lloyd .416
Slugging Pct Lloyd .445
OPS Lloyd .862
XR Lloyd 98.1
Games Lloyd, Shanks 140
At-Bats Gandil 585
Runs Gandil 88
Hits Gandil 178
Total Bases Lloyd 232
Singles Gandil 149
Doubles Burnett 33
Triples Magee 15
Homeruns Owens 4
RBIs Magee 80
Stolen Bases Lloyd 74
Caught Stealing Lloyd 26
Walks Lloyd 84
Strikeouts Evans 80
ERA Caldwell 2.17
Wins Caldwell 25
Losses Bender 19
Winning Pct Groth .667
Saves Winham 7
Games Pitched Bender, Caldwell 42
Games Started Bender, Caldwell 42
Complete Games Caldwell 39
Shutouts Caldwell 9
Innings Pitched Caldwell 376.7
Hits Allowed Bender 365
Homeruns Allowed Groth 7
Strikeouts Caldwell 207
Walks Allowed Bender 86
Walks per 9IP Caldwell 1.3
Hits per 9IP Caldwell 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Benton 5.1
WHiP Caldwell 0.98
OAVG Caldwell .227
OOBP Caldwell .261
OSLG Caldwell .272
OOPS Caldwell .534
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Burnett $ 8,775,000
Chick Gandil $ 7,150,000
Cy Falkenberg $ 5,990,000
Frank Owens $ 4,900,000
Ernie Groth $ 4,584,000
Chet Chadbourne $ 4,160,000
Ray Caldwell $ 4,040,000
Lee Magee $ 3,840,000
Steve Evans $ 3,450,000
Burt Shotton $ 3,112,000
Chief Bender $ 2,610,000
Lave Winham $ 1,810,000
Buck Weaver $ 1,450,000
Sam Crawford $ 1,113,000
Larry Cheney $ 1,112,000
Armando Marsans $ 900,000
Clyde Engle $ 750,000
Howie Shanks $ 571,429
Paddy Baumann $ 350,000
Rube Benton $ 300,000
Jakie May $ 300,000
Bill James $ 300,000
Ed Lafitte $ 300,000
John Henry Lloyd $ 300,000
Butch Schmidt $ 300,000
Ray Keating $ 300,000
Verne Clemons $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Jack Burnett
2/11 Signed     Clyde Engle
2/14 Signed     Burt Shotton
2/14 Signed     Larry Cheney
2/15 Released Biff Schlitzer    
2/15 Released Eddie Grant